Homilies on Psalms 36-38 /

Homilies on Psalms 36-38 /

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Author / Creator:	Origen, author.
Uniform title:	Homilies on the Psalms. 36-38. English. (Heintz) 2023
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, [2023] ©2023
Description:	xix, 250 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The fathers of the church : a new translation ; volume 146 Fathers of the church ; v. 146.
Subject:	Origen. -- Homilies on the Psalms. Bible. -- Psalms -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800. Bible. -- Psalms. Homilies on the Psalms (Origen) Early works. Sermons. Translations. Sermons.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13152162

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Other authors / contributors:	Heintz, Michael (Michael W.), translator, writer of introduction.
ISBN:	9780813236490 0813236495 9780813236506
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xix) and indexes. Translated from the Latin and the Greek.
Summary:	"Origen of Alexandria, Egypt (185-254 CE), an ancient Christian theologian and preacher, delivered homilies on the Psalms to his congregation in Caesarea, Palestine. Nine of these homilies, which are interpretations of Psalms 36, 37, and 38 (Psalms 37, 38, and 39 in modern numbering), were translated into Latin around the year 400 CE by the ancient Christian scholar Rufinus of Aquileia. This book is an English translation of Rufinus's Latin translation of these nine homilies, which originally had been composed and preached by Origen in Greek. These homilies of Origen offer primarily moral instruction to aid the souls of Christians in their progress toward knowledge of God. Included in this book is a scholarly introduction written by the translator, Prof. Michael Heintz of Mount Saint Mary's University (in Maryland)"--

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Summary:	This volume provides the first English translation of the nine extant homilies on Psalms 36[37]?38[39] preached by Origen (d. 253/4) to his congregation at Caesarea as arranged and translated for Latin readers by his admirer, Rufinus of Aquileia (d. 411). These homilies are among the earliest extant examples of patristic preaching on the Psalter. The interpretation offered throughout these homilies, which is almost wholly moral, reflects Origen's understanding of the "soul" of the scriptural text. These homilies provide a glimpse of Origen's account of scriptural meaning, outlined in De principiis 4, in pastoral practice. In his preaching, Origen offers a vision of the Christian life as centered on the soul's continuing conversion, growth, and progress, with particular reference to and within the context of the Church. The life of the believer is one of combat and struggle with powers opposed to Christ. It is Christ, as the divine Physician, who offers healing to the one who is wounded and ailing from sin, and it is Christ, as Wisdom and Word of God, who instructs and educates the believer in the life of the Spirit. These homilies reveal the substantial coherence of Origen's thought, as expressed in the more speculative De principiis and as revealed in the more elaborate, nuptial theology found in his Commentary on the Canticle . This volume includes a robust introduction and complements the work of Joseph Trigg, whose translation from the original Greek of the cache of homilies discovered in Codex Monacensis 314 has recently appeared in this series.
Physical Description:	xix, 250 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages xi-xix) and indexes.
ISBN:	9780813236490 0813236495 9780813236506